{"product_id":"talking-myself-home-my-life-in-verses","title":"Ian McMillan: Talking Myself Home [2008] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA regular on Radio 4, he had been described by the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e as the funniest, quirkiest, sharpest poet, comedian and broadcaster in the business. Born in Yorkshire in 1956, he still lives there today and is poet-in-residence at Barnsley FC.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith signature down-to-earth charm, \u003ci\u003eTalking Myself Home\u003c\/i\u003e tells Ian's life story in poems. Hilarious memories blend with acute observations: from his formation of Barnsleys first folk-rock band Oscar and the Frog and his stint working at a tennis-ball factory, to raising his three children and coming to terms with his parents' deaths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of a place where coal-pits once dominated the skyline. With its milk floats and jumble sales, municipal library and church halls, it is a small corner of the world. Yet its a corner that sings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking Myself Home\u003c\/i\u003e is also Ian's personal homage to the power of words in shaping his life. And these playful, haunting poems are, themselves, testaments to the imaginative delights of words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mcmillan, Ian","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47668339474771,"sku":"9781848540453","price":18.56,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47630115733843,"sku":"XG81848540453","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mcmillan-ian-ian-mcmillan-talking-myself-home-2008-hardback-54427342078291.jpg?v=1728171504","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/talking-myself-home-my-life-in-verses","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}